My left eye continues to slowly improve each day, with more ability to focus, and less pain. Still very sensitive to sunlight, moreso than my usual. Hopefully by next week it'll be possible to get back to studio work and sewing tasks. Most delightfully, there are a number of new participants in the Advent of A Better Year in 2026 swap, not quite sure how many, but significantly more than seemed likely a few weeks earlier. As I told Mischa tonight: "I feel like if I have done nothing else worthwhile, the Advent Swap has continued to be congruent with my life purpose"
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~ this is not a bar ~
When eyes do not focus, what is observed is not always what we expect. This was not a porch front bar, with dark ghostly patrons quietly imbibing. I was much reminded of the shadow people on the train in Spirited Away. It was a surprise when on closer view I found it to be a line of shrubs..~ this is not a bar ~
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Progress on the additional two sets of Advent Swap treats continues apace. Eighteen origami pinwheel boxes, each containing a wheat ear penny wrapped in a paper "fortune": see a penny - pick it up - all that day you'll have good luck, will also be stamped with a four leaf clover motif. Found a few uncarved erasers and will do a bit of carving this weekend.
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The mobile phone charges very slowly, but eats up charge quickly. Not sure if it is a problem with the phone, a problem with the charger,
or a problem with the cable(s). Will start by replacing cable(s), and think about acquiring or finding where at least some of the former wall plug in chargers have gone. At some point will probably need to replace phone, because I suspect
that the spot where the cable plugs into the phone is slightly damaged.
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the lid to my beloved Drusa-made bentwood sewing box, missing for several weeks now, turned up buried behind the serger in the sewing zone. No idea why there, but delighted to have them reunited
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October SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | 6 lunaria pod ornaments | wheelbarrow tire | greenwaste bin |
| 2 | 5 more lunaria ornaments | cardigan cuffs | recycle bin |
| 3 | 5 golden origami dragons | - | recycle bin |
| 4 | 5 mini amanitas | - | - |
| 5 | 18 penny luck boxes | - | - |
| 6 | x | x | x |
| 7 | x | x | x |
| 8 | x | x | x |
| 9 | x | x | x |
today's gratitudes -
- found the long-missing sewing box lid
- left eye, while still sore, almost has clear focus again!
- Julia's vintage pennies, surplus from prior Advent Swap
Time of Isolation - Day 1944
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